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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BANDANA THAKUR
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- LGD code
- 19435
- Pincode
- 174017
- Post office
- Jejwin
- Population
- 106
- Households
- 19
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 70
Census 2011 · in context
How Behal (62) compares
By population, Behal (62) ranks #73 of 137 villages in Kalol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.9%
−4.2% vs mandal average
- Behal (62)
- 67.9%
- Kalol mandal
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−58 vs mandal average
- Behal (62)
- 893
- Kalol mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Behal (62)
- 5.6
- Kalol mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Behal (62) at a glance
Behal (62) is a village of 106 people in 19 households (Census 2011) in Kalol tehsil, Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, the 73rd-largest of 137 villages in Kalol tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 174017, served by Jejwin post office; the LGD village code is 19435. The sarpanch is BANDANA THAKUR . The population is estimated at 125 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Paploa →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behal (62) · this village | 106 | 68% | — |
| Gah (43) · Kalol | 790 | 67% | — |
| Buhar (71) · Kalol | 384 | 66% | — |
| Kot (63) · Kalol | 381 | 64% | — |
| Paploa (69) · Kalol | 191 | 67% | — |
| D.P.F. Jangal Gadyana (43/1) · Kalol | 109 | 62% | — |
| Gadyana (44) · Kalol | 94 | 71% | — |
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Notice board · Behal (62)
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Key facts — Behal (62)
- LGD code
- 19435
- Pincode
- 174017
- Post office
- Jejwin
- Population (Census 2011)
- 106
- Population (projected 2026)
- 125
- Households
- 19
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BANDANA THAKUR
- Block / Mandal
- Kalol
Same pincode
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- Dohag (74)
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)